Blue Jean

~ Recording by David Bowie

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Blue Jean3:08David BowieBlue JeanDavid BowieSingle
  • US1984-08-31
EMI AmericaB-8231
1.6Blue Jean3:12David BowieTonightDavid BowieAlbum
  • GB1984-09-01
1.6Blue Jean3:12David BowieTonightDavid BowieAlbum
  • US1984-09-21
EMI AmericaSJ-17138
1.6Blue Jean3:12David BowieTonightDavid BowieAlbum
  • GB1984-09-24
EMI AmericaDB 1, EL 24 0227 1, EL 2402271
1.1Blue Jean3:08David BowieBlue Jean (blue vinyl)David BowieSingle
EMI AmericaB-8231
1.6Blue Jean3:12David BowieTonightDavid BowieAlbum
EMI America064 24 0227 1
1.6Blue Jean3:11David BowieTonightDavid BowieAlbum
EMI AmericaCDP 7 46047 2
1.6Blue Jean3:11David BowieTonightDavid BowieAlbum
EMI AmericaCDP 7 46047 2
1.18Blue Jean3:11David BowieChangesbowie (Ryko remaster, Columbia House edition)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • US1990-03-20
Rykodisc, Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.)RCD 20171
1.18Blue Jean3:10David BowieChangesbowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1990-04-01
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDDBTV 1, CDP 79 4180 2
1.18Blue Jean3:10David BowieChangesbowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDP 79 4180 2
1.18Blue Jean3:10David BowieChangesbowie (Ryko remaster)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
RykodiscRCD 20171
1.18Blue Jean3:09David BowieChangesbowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0777 7 94180 2 2, 7 94180 2, 79 4180 2, CDDBTV 1
1.18Blue Jean3:10David BowieChangesbowie (Ryko remaster)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
RykodiscRCD 20171
2.10Blue Jean3:09David BowieChangesbowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)79 4180 1, DBTV 1
2.9Blue Jean3:12David BowieChangesbowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
Ryko AnalogueRALP 0171-2
1.18Blue Jean3:10David BowieChangesbowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDP 79 41802
1.18Blue Jean3:10David BowieChangesbowie (mastered by DADC Austria, three phonogram copyrights on back cover)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDDBTV 1, CDP 79 4180 2
1.18Blue Jean3:10David BowieChangesbowie (BMG club edition)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), RykodiscD143693, RCD 20171
2.14Blue Jean3:11David BowieThe Singles CollectionBowieAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1993-11-15
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 8 28099 2 0, CDEM 1512
2.13Blue Jean3:12David BowieThe Singles 1969 to 1993David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • US1993-11-16
RykodiscRCD 10218/19
2.13Blue Jean3:12David BowieThe Singles 1969 to 1993 Featuring His Greatest Hits (limited edition)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • US1993-11-16
RykodiscRCD 10218/19
2.13Blue Jean3:12David BowieThe Singles 1969 to 1993 (club edition)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
RykodiscRCD 10218/19
2.14Blue Jean3:11David BowieThe Singles CollectionDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 8 28099 2 0
2.14Blue Jean3:09David BowieThe Singles CollectionDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 8 28099 2 0, CDEM 1512
2.14Blue Jean3:09David BowieThe Singles Collection (made/printed in Holland; jewel case)BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 8 28099 2 0, CDEM 1512
1.14Blue Jean3:09David BowieThe Singles Collection 2David BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)828101 2
2.11Blue Jean3:09David BowieThe Singles featuring His Greatest HitsDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
Rykodisc, Time–Life MusicRTL 90218/19
1.15Blue Jean3:13David BowieSounds of the Eighties: 1984Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special Products, Time–Life MusicA 25259, R988-06
1.6Blue Jean3:12David BowieTonightDavid BowieAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)8 40983 2, CDVUS 97
1.6Blue Jean3:12David BowieTonightDavid BowieAlbum
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”)8 40983 2
1.18Blue Jean3:10David BowieChangesbowie (Au20)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-07-02
RykodiscRCD 80171
1.18Blue Jean3:10David BowieChangesbowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
RykodiscRCD 80171
8.18Blue Jean3:09David BowieThe 24K Gold Collection: Golden YearsDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
RykodiscD207358
2.14Blue Jean3:09David BowieThe Singles CollectionDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music Belgium7243 8575242 0
1.6Blue Jean3:12David BowieTonightDavid BowieAlbum
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)493 1022, 7243 4 93102 2 3
1.6Blue Jean3:12David BowieTonight (rights society: BEL/BIEM; S.I.A.E.)David BowieAlbum
  • DE1999-09-17
  • GB1999-09-20
  • XE1999-09
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)521 8970, 7243 521897 0 0
1.6Blue Jean3:12David BowieTonightDavid BowieAlbum
  • GB1999-09-20
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)521 8970
1.6Blue Jean3:12David BowieTonightDavid BowieAlbum
  • US1999-09-21
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 521897 0 0
2.14Blue Jean3:09David BowieThe Singles CollectionDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • FR1999-10-22
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 523284 2 0
1.13Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of BowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2002-10-18
  • AT2002-11
  • CH2002-11
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 41912 2 0
1.17Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of BowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2002-10-22
EMI Music Canada7243 5 42242 2 5
2.9Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of BowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-10-22
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 5 41930 2 6
1.17Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of BowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • NO2002-10-25
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 42346 2 0
1.17Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of BowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 41917 2 5
1.7Blue Jean3:11David BowieBest of BowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 41914 2 8
1.16Blue Jean3:13David BowieBest of BowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 42075 2 5
2.11Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of BowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2002-11-04
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)539 8212, 7243 5 39821 2 6
1.13Blue Jean3:10David BowieBest of BowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 41916 2 6
2.7Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of BowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 41925 2 4
2.6Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of BowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 42383 2 1
2.7Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of BowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 41918 2 4
2.9Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of BowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 42244 2 3
1.17Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of Bowie (no indication of Parlophone or 419293-PRL2 anywhere on this release)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 5 41929 2 0
2.11Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of BowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 39821 2 6
1.17Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of BowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 5 41929 2 0
1.18Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of BowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 41898 2 1
1.17Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of BowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
Parlophone2-419293
2.11Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of Bowie (Glass mastered at TAKT)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)539 8212, 7243 5 39821 2 6
1.17Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of Bowie (limited edition)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)72435 9 5692 0 8
4.1Blue Jean3:12David BowieSound + VisionDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)07243 594512 2 0, 07243 594513 2 9, 07243 594514 2 8, 07243 594515 2 7
1.6Blue Jean3:12David BowieTonightDavid BowieAlbum
DiskySI 905404
2.11Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of Bowie (deluxe edition)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-06-15
Parlophone
2.11Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of Bowie (limited edition)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 77949 2 3
3.16Blue Jean3:12David BowieThe Platinum CollectionDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2005-11-07
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0946 3 31304 2 5, 331 3042
3.16Blue Jean3:11David BowieThe Platinum Collection (BMG Direct edition)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)09463-31304-2-5, D217100
3.16Blue Jean3:11David BowieThe Platinum CollectionDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-01-10
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”)0946 3 44076 2 5, D217100
1.18Blue Jean3:10David BowieChangesbowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-08-21
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)
1.6Blue Jean3:12David BowieTonightDavid BowieAlbum
  • JP2007-03-07
東芝EMI 株式会社 (record company, do not use as release label – check obi, back or disc for imprint! Ended 2007‐06‐29)TOCP-70155
1.16Blue Jean3:12David BowieThe Best of David Bowie 1980/1987David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2007-03-19
  • US2007-03-19
Parlophone
1.16Blue Jean3:12David BowieThe Best of David Bowie 1980/1987David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-03-19
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)00946 3 86478 2 9
1.1Blue Jean (1999 remaster)3:12David BowieBlue Jean - EPDavid BowieSingle
  • DE2007-05-28
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)None
1.16Blue Jean3:12David BowieThe Best of David Bowie 1980/1987David BowieAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)0946-3-86587-2-6
3.16Blue Jean3:12David BowieThe Platinum CollectionDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-02-25
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0946 3 44076 2 5, 344 0762
2.11Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of Bowie / Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars: The Motion PictureDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-10-27
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)50999 242912 2 4
2.11Blue Jean3:12David BowieBest of Bowie (gift pack)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2008-12-10
NVD-1364, TOCP-70655, TOCP-70656
1.6Blue Jean3:11David BowieTonightDavid BowieAlbum
  • JP2009-12-23
EMI Music Japan Inc. (2007‐06‐30 to 2013‐04‐01 – record company, do NOT USE as release label – check the back cover or CD surface for the imprint)TOCP-95055
4.1Blue Jean3:12David BowieSound + Vision (fatbox in cardboard slipcase)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
ParlophoneDBSAVX 1
4.1Blue Jean3:12David BowieSound + Vision (fatbox in cardboard slipcase)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2014-11-05
ParlophoneWPCR-16096, WPCR-16097, WPCR-16098, WPCR-16099
2.8Blue Jean3:11David BowieNothing has changed. (deluxe edition)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
Parlophone825646205769, DB64143
2.5Blue Jean3:11David BowieNothing has changed.David BowieAlbum + Compilation
Parlophone
2.5Blue Jean3:11David BowieNothing has changed.David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-11-17
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
2.8Blue Jean3:11David BowieNothing has changed.David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-11-17
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88875030982SC1
2.8Blue Jean3:11David BowieNothing has changed. (deluxe edition)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2014-11-19
ParlophoneWPCR-16181, WPCR-16182, WPCR-16183
2.5Blue Jean3:11David BowieNothing has changed. (standard edition)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2014-11-19
ParlophoneWPCR-16184, WPCR-16185
2.5Blue Jean3:12David BowieLegacyDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • US2016-11-11
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88985376602
2.5Blue Jean3:12David BowieLegacyDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2016-11-11
Parlophone190295919870, DB 64162
2.5Blue Jean3:12David BowieLegacy (The Very Best of David Bowie) (deluxe)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2016-11-11
  • GB2016-11-11
Rhino (reissue label), Parlophone5878725
3.6Blue Jean3:12David BowieLoving the Alien (1983–1988)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2018-10-12
Parlophone
3.6Blue Jean3:12David BowieLoving the Alien (1983–1988)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
Parlophone
4.6Blue Jean3:12David BowieLoving the Alien 1983–1988David BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2018-10-12
Parlophone0190295693534, DBX4
1.6Blue Jean3:11David BowieTonight (180 g)David BowieAlbum
  • XE2019-02-15
  • US2019-02-15
Parlophone0190295692094, DB 83883
1.6Blue Jean3:09David BowieTonightDavid BowieAlbum
  • XE2019-02-15
Parlophone0190295511173
1.6Blue Jean3:12David BowieTonight (2018 remaster)David BowieAlbum
Parlophone
2.5Blue Jean3:12David BowieLegacyDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
Parlophone5054197611896
1.18Blue Jean3:10David BowieChangesbowie (made in USA by PMDC)David BowieAlbum + Compilation
RykodiscRCD 20171
1.18Blue Jean3:10David BowieChangesbowieDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
RCD 20171
2.14Blue Jean3:09David BowieThe Singles CollectionBowieAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)8280992, CDEMCJD (WT) 5523
Bootleg
6.11Blue Jean [9-84]3:11David BowieFifty Two Years: The Complete SinglesDavid BowieAlbum + Compilation
  • -2016

Relationships

engineer:Hugh Padgham
producer:David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
Derek Bramble
Hugh Padgham
mixer:David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
Hugh Padgham
alto saxophone:Stan Harrison (American saxophonist) (from 1984-05-01 until 1984-06-10)
baritone saxophone:Steve Elson (American saxophonist, clarinetist, flutist & duduk player) (from 1984-05-01 until 1984-06-10)
drums (drum set):Omar Hakim (from 1984-05-01 until 1984-06-10)
electric bass guitar:Carmine Rojas (from 1984-05-01 until 1984-06-10)
electric bass guitar and guitar:Derek Bramble (from 1984-05-01 until 1984-06-10)
guitar:Carlos Alomar (from 1984-05-01 until 1984-06-10)
marimba:Guy St. Onge (from 1984-05-01 until 1984-06-10)
tenor saxophone:Lenny Pickett (saxophone) (from 1984-05-01 until 1984-06-10)
trumpet:Mark Pender (from 1984-05-01 until 1984-06-10)
background vocals:Curtis King (American singer and songwriter) (from 1984-05-01 until 1984-06-10)
George Simms (from 1984-05-01 until 1984-06-10)
lead vocals:David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (from 1984-05-01 until 1984-06-10)
horn arranger:The Borneo Horns
phonographic copyright (℗) by:David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1984)
recorded at:Le Studio in Morin‐Heights, Québec (Quebec), Canada (from 1984-05-01 until 1984-06-10)
recording of:Blue Jean (from 1984-05-01 until 1984-06-10)

Related works

Blue Jean

lyricist and composer:David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:Jones Music (publishers associated with David Bowie)
The Richmond Organization Éditions Essex (TRO)
Westminster Music Ltd.